Description: This book is a comprehensive look at the US healthcare industry from its historical development to its current status. It pays particular attention to four domains of health care and the role that social workers play in these roles in the present day and in the future.
Brief description: Surjit Singh Dhooper is Professor Emeritus at the College of Social Work, University of Kentucky. His professional experience, spread over more than 40 years, includes both practice and teaching. He did clinical as well as administrative and community organizational work in health care settings for 18 years and taught at both undergraduate and graduate levels for about 25 years. He also held academic administrative positions such as Director of Ph.D. Program and Director of Graduate Studies in the College of Social Work. He was closely associated with the work of the Human Development Institute and Sanders Brown Center on Aging of the University of Kentucky. He was awarded an endowed professorship--Constance Wilson Professor of Mental Health--in 2000, which he occupied until his retirement.
Review Quotes: This book is written by an American author with an American context. However it is well researched and discusses in depth the main issues in relation to the social worker′s role.--Mrs GILLIAN HUGHES (4/9/2014 12:00:00 AM)